Review: Human Impact – “EP01” March 25, 2021 It isn’t until the final third of EP01, released quietly in March by Mike Patton’s Ipecac Recordings, that noise-rock supergroup Human Impact truly serve… Continue Reading
Profile: Dream Home (2021) March 18, 2021 “Forget me not, I’ll always be around,” Jaren Love sang, almost knowingly, on a posthumous single The Lampshades released after the trio called it… Continue Reading
Review: Stella Research Committee – “A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness” March 16, 2021 There are records music critics absolutely adore and records that they totally hate. A Proposed Method for Determining Sanding Fitness is somehow both of… Continue Reading
Profile: Gaadge (2021) March 11, 2021 Audiophiles and home-recording aficionados will not believe their ears when they hear Gaadge, it’s that simple. Frontman Mitch DeLong, who founded the project as… Continue Reading
Review: Nonagon – “They Birds” March 10, 2021 Most bands release debut LPs in their infancy. Well, not Nonagon. The Chicago trio, formed around 2004, initially struck their defiant poses on a… Continue Reading
Review: Jimbo Mathus/Andrew Bird – “These 13” March 5, 2021 “Three White Horses and a Golden Chain” – the song that closes These 13, the latest Andrew Bird/Jimbo Mathus collaboration – is not just great… Continue Reading
Review: Kaada – “Misinterpretations” March 5, 2021 John Erik Kaada has stumbled upon an interesting little concept. The Norwegian composer has coated some of the strings inside his piano with a… Continue Reading
Profile: Nonagon (2021) March 2, 2021 Nonagon is at a crossroads. The Chicago post-hardcore trio has nearly 20 years under its musical title-belt, but on March 3, these long-time purveyors… Continue Reading
Review: Melvins 1983 – “Working With God” February 26, 2021 Melvins 1983, for those of you just joining the nearly 40-year-long narrative, is the latest iteration of everyone’s favorite Gods of Thunder, marching toward… Continue Reading
Review: Mogwai – “As the Love Continues” February 24, 2021 “Mogwai have advanced without a plan since they were teenagers; there have been no secretive meetings to work out the master plan.” So begins… Continue Reading
